Pollution Prevention, Waste Reduction, and Recycling

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The Department strives to prevent or reduce pollution at the source whenever feasible. Pollutants and wastes that cannot be prevented through source reduction are diverted from entering the waste stream through environmentally safe and cost-effective reuse or recycling, to the greatest extent practicable.

Meeting these requirements will be accomplished by working with DOE’s Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act/Toxic Release Inventory Workgroup, the Energy Facility Contractors Group, the Chemical Safety Life Cycle Management Group, and other environmental subgroups.